GÉANT2 is the high-bandwidth, academic Internet serving Europe’s research and education community. Connecting over 30 million researchers with a multi-domain topology spanning 34 European countries and links to a number of other world regions, GÉANT2 is at the heart of global research networking.
GÉANT2 is co-funded by the European Commission and Europe's national research and education networks, and is managed by DANTE.
The GÉANT2 network connects 34 countries through 30 national research and education networks (NRENs), using multiple 10Gbps wavelengths
GÉANT2 is putting user needs at the forefront of its plans for network services and research [ more about meeting user needs ]
Ensuring high-quality service from one end user to another, over multiple interconnected networks, is central to the aims and approach of GÉANT2 [ more on end-to-end service provision ]
With GÉANT2, connections to other world regions will continue to be expanded to become a logical extension of the network's pan-European infrastructure [ more about global connectivity ]
